USS Matagorda
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For other ships with the same name, see USCGC Matagorda.
USS Matagorda (AVP-22/AG-122) (/ˈmætəˈɡɔːrdə/ ⓘ[1]) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission from 1941 to 1946 that saw service in World War II. After the war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC Matagorda (WAVP-373), later WHEC-373, from 1949 to 1967.
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USS Matagorda (AVP-22) photographed on 3 April 1942 at Boston, Massachusetts, in her original configuration. She is painted in Measure 12 Modified camouflage. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Matagorda (AVP-22) |
Namesake | Matagorda Bay, on the southeastern coast of Texas |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 6 September 1940 |
Launched | 18 March 1941 |
Sponsored by | Miss Nancy Rowland Brand |
Commissioned | 16 December 1941 |
Reclassified |
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Fate | Loaned to U.S. Coast Guard 7 March 1949 |
Stricken | 1 July 1968 |
Acquired | Returned by U.S. Coast Guard 30 October 1968 |
Fate | Sunk as target October 1969 |
United States | |
Name | USCGC Matagorda (WAVP-373) |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | Loaned by U.S. Navy to U.S. Coast Guard 7 March 1949 |
Commissioned | 8 June 1949 |
Reclassified | High endurance cutter, WHEC-373, 1 May 1966 |
Decommissioned | 15 October 1967 |
Fate | Returned to U.S. Navy 30 October 1968 |
General characteristics (seaplane tender) | |
Class and type | Barnegat-class small seaplane tender |
Displacement |
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Length | 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Installed power | 6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
Propulsion | Diesel engines, two shafts |
Speed | 18.6 knots (34.4 km/h) |
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Sensors and processing systems | Radar; sonar |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel |
General characteristics (Coast Guard cutter) | |
Class and type | Casco-class cutter |
Displacement | 2,515.2 tons (full load) in 1965 |
Length | 311 ft 7 in (94.97 m) overall; 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m) between perpendiculars |
Beam | 41 ft 0 in (12.50 m) maximum |
Draft | 12 ft 5 in (3.78 m) maximum in 1967 |
Installed power | 6,000 bhp (4,500 kW) in 1967 |
Propulsion | Fairbanks-Morse direct reversing diesel engines, two shafts; 166,430 US gallons (630,000 L) of fuel |
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Complement | 149 (10 officers, 3 warrant officers, 136 enlisted personnel) in 1967 |
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